Unusual Options Activity can provide clues to where institutional traders and firms are buying options, and can help identify where the "smart money" is anticipating a big price move in the underlying asset. The analysis of unusual options activity can help determine if these large volume trades are hedges or bets, and provides insight into these trades and their strategies.

Join Barchart's John Rowland, Barchart’s Head of Trading Education, as he explains how to interpret Barchart's "Unusual Options Activity" page. He will help you understand when, why, and how these large institutions make these "Big Bets". But more importantly, he will show how you can use this information to set in motion your own strategic trades and potentially profit from these insiders' unusual options activity information. Subject to be discussed include the "Unusual Options Activity" page, bull and bear spread strategies, and chart analysis.